Re: My laptop keeps shutting down while playing games. Help!!

Check tempurature. You should be able to find an application that will show you the temp at idle and while playing the game. Also check CPU utilization. You will have to run the game in a window to see if that is the problem.

Re: My laptop keeps shutting down while playing games. Help!!

Staples. Air dusters can lodge dust further. I would find out how to get to the fan, remove the cover and use a vacuum cleaner while holding the fan from spinning. Carefully keeping the vacuum from touching anything. Just let it suck up the dust.

The air duster works. I have used both methods. Staples has it. Also check that the fan spins, when in use. And remove all power before cleaning. Including the battery.

Re: My laptop keeps shutting down while playing games. Help!!

Thanks, but I didn't remove the cover. I only used a vacuum at the back of the laptop below the vints and it took out 3 pieces of dust. But the fan was spinning while I was using the vacuum. Is this OK?

Re: My laptop keeps shutting down while playing games. Help!!

you should really do a proper cleaning if you want to play games on your computer that are going to put that much stress on the graphics and cpu or you could end up frying the motherboard. It isn't hard to do and takes maybe 1 1/2 hrs. blowing the dust back into to the computer could likely harm another component.